Family killed in landslide

Family killed in landslide

SEMARANG: Torrential rain in Central Java over the past week
has caused a landslide in Pekalongan, some 100 kilometers west of
here, killing a family of three.

Siswoyo, 45, his wife Tarsem, 35, and their daughter
Sustiyani, 12, were killed in a landslide that buried their house
in Sidomulyo village on Sunday. It is believed floodwaters
carried their bodies to a river, where people found them floating
later in the day.

Some 1,500 houses in four districts in Semarang were also 50
centimeters under floodwater, forcing residents to seek refuge.

No fatalities were reported in the Semarang flood, but 41
houses were severely damaged. (har)